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Capt. Dale Dye is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Captain who has served as military adviser on films such as “Born on the Fourth of July,” “Saving Private Ryan,” and “Platoon.” He has also written military-themed novels and screenplays, and has acted in various military roles – he can be seen in this season’s television series, “Falling Skies,” and in the upcoming film, “Larry Crowne.”

This week, Capt. Dale and his wife, Julia, announced they have written a graphic novel on Osama bin Laden’s capture, titled “Code Word: Geronimo” [IDW Publishing, September]. The Dyes worked with illustrators Amin Amat and Gerry Kissell, assembling research on the actual events into a narrative, and then depicting it in visual form.

Speakeasy caught up with the Dyes to discuss their research for the book, Capt. Dye’s own experience with hideouts and raids, and why Capt. Dye stays so active in the arts.

Read the interview, and see drafts pages of the graphic novel, after the jump. Read More »

If you’ve read the graphic novels of Dan Clowes, you already know the artist. The characters from such work as “Ghost World” and “Art School Confidential,” which have both been turned into movies, are reflections of the 50-year-old and his close circle of introverted but creative friends. He describes them all, and himself, as having a seething anger that surfaces during some social situations but very likable once you get them to relax.

His latest graphic novel is entitled “Mr. Wonderful” and it follows a middle-aged divorced man named Marshall that has been set up on a blind date. Of course, the evening spins off into some unexpected directions. “Mr. Wonderful” was originally commissioned as a serialized 20-episode comic strip for the New York Times Magazine back in 2008. The story has since been expanded and turned into a hardcover book that was released earlier this month by Pantheon Press. Speakeasy spoke with Clowes at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Read More »

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